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Devendra Fadnavis reaches Israel to woo foreign investors

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis reached Tel Aviv late on Sunday night as he kicked off his four-day visit to Israel. Fadnavis will focus on attracting investment opportunities as he will deliver the keynote address at a symposium on India-Israel collaboration for ‘Make in Maharashtra’.

During his visit, he will participate in Agritech Israel 2015, the 19th International Agricultural Technology Exhibition. Considered as one of the world’s most important exhibitions in the field of agricultural technologies, the exhibition will be held from April 28 to April 30.

He will also explore possibilities of collaboration with the Tel Aviv Municipality and areas of co-operation, including emergency preparations and crisis management technologies, reported PTI.

Fadnavis will hold meetings with heads of leading IT companies and firms, specialising in drip irrigation and will be visiting research institutes too.

During his trip, he will also be meeting Israeli Agriculture Minister Yair Shamir, senior officials from various ministries, including MATIMOP, the nodal government agency for research and development cooperation, the report said.

India is participating in a big way in the popular exhibition that has attracted global attention because of its display of sophisticated agricultural technology with Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma also expected to arrive here tomorrow with his delegation.

Among other states, Punjab, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Mizoram are also likely to be represented through officials and farmers, who are likely to gain from direct access to various technologies in use.

Israel has been a success story in the field of agriculture with the growth in agro-technology getting a big boost through remarkable cooperation between farmers, researchers and agriculture-related industries.

The cooperative efforts led to breakthrough achievements in all branches of agriculture here and have fostered a market-oriented agri-business that exports its agro-technology solutions all over the world.

The country has drawn global attention for its remarkable progress in innovating unique technologies in the field of irrigation, greenhouses, dairy farming, seeds, poultry farming, fertilizers and plant protection that has revolutionized the agriculture sector.

India and Israel have already been cooperating in a big way in the field of agriculture realizing quite early the complementary existing between the two countries in the field.

Some Israeli companies have set up research and development centers, manufacturing plants, and opened subsidiaries in India.

The discussions between Indian participants at the Agritech is also likely to focus on technologies related to minimizing post-harvest wastage and water management technologies.